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United States Patent | 5,336,159 |
Cheng | August 9, 1994 |
An infrared massager includes two massaging devices respectively locked in two receiving chambers on a casing by lock hoods, which include each a plurality of silicon rubber massage elements on a vibrating plate reciprocated by a motor through a cam. Two infrared devices are respectively received in the receiving chambers and are attached to the vibrating plate of each massaging device. The infrared devices include a plurality of infrared light emitting elements controlled to emit infrared light through the silicon rubber massage elements for heating the muscles as the muscles are massaged by the massaging devices.
Inventors: | Cheng; Tzu-Keng (197 Shin-Sheng Street, Chung-Ho City, Taipei, TW) |
Appl. No.: | 934325 |
Filed: | August 25, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 601/15; 601/72; 601/73 |
Intern'l Class: | A61H 001/00 |
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